International Court of Justice to deliver verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on July 17

NEW DELHI: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to pronounce its verdict in the case involving Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death in Pakistan, on July 17.

Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India approached the ICJ in May 2017 against Pakistan for denying consular access to Jadhav.

India had also challenged the “farcical trial” by the military court of Pakistan against Jadhav. The ICJ on May 18, 2017 had restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case.


The ICJ held a four-day public hearing in the case in February during which both India and Pakistan submitted their detailed appeals and responses.

India based its case on two broad issues — breach of Vienna Convention on consular access and the process of resolution.

India urged the ICJ to cancel Jadhav’s death sentence and order his immediate release.